Your colleague's conversion story completly reframes what Anne's legacy actually means beyond the tragedy. It's wild how a book meant to keep a talkative kid quiet ended up changing someone's entie spiritual path. The part about you breaking your Shabbat phone boundary because of a flyer really hits home, like how easily we can let mockery win even when we're trying to fight it. The musical using Anne Frank as satire for progressive politics feels so off when her actual diary has done more to build bridges betwen cultures than any of these ironic stunts ever will. Your point about hatred finding ways to reach us but light doing the same thing is where the real power is.
Your colleague's conversion story completly reframes what Anne's legacy actually means beyond the tragedy. It's wild how a book meant to keep a talkative kid quiet ended up changing someone's entie spiritual path. The part about you breaking your Shabbat phone boundary because of a flyer really hits home, like how easily we can let mockery win even when we're trying to fight it. The musical using Anne Frank as satire for progressive politics feels so off when her actual diary has done more to build bridges betwen cultures than any of these ironic stunts ever will. Your point about hatred finding ways to reach us but light doing the same thing is where the real power is.
Great article, hard to believe someone would stage a stunt like this. Anne Frank's story isn't trivial but a warning to never forget the Holocaust.